Optimization modeling to maximize population access to comprehensive stroke centers
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Early transfer of stroke patients to comprehensive stroke centers: David and Goliath.
ore than a thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy (David) defeated a mighty fully armored warrior (Goliath) with a stone and a sling. Comprehensive Stroke Centers (CSC), the Goliath of stroke care, are typically high-volume, more experienced, and more resourced compared with conventional Stroke Units (SU) at community hospitals—David's. 1 Although the benefits ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001390